promineo Latin · revision 6954

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Caesar|origins=ine-pro *men-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [proːˈmɪ.ne.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [proˈmiː.ne.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''prōmineō''' (present infinitive prōminēre, perfect active prōminuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[prō-]] and a verb *mineō “to jut out”, also in [[ēmineō]] and [[immineō]], from [[ine-pro|*men-|t=to stand out]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) A spelling ⟨proemineō⟩ is from ⟨prō⟩ and ⟨ēmineō⟩.^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Caesar, of leaning forward.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Caesar c. 50 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to stand out, jut out, project from a surface, as in Horace, and of headlands and hills, as Livy's ''Phasēlis prōminet penitus in altum'' “Phaselis juts far out to sea”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of persons it meant to lean forward or out, as in Caesar.^(OLD 2012) Lewis and Short note that Cicero does not use it.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Ovid uses it of land running out into the sea.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ Its present participle ''prōminēns'' gave [[en|prominent]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of leaning out.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses it of projecting.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of a headland.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To jut out, [[m|en|project]], stick out; of headlands, to run out.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To lean forward or out.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[prōminentia]]

+ * [[prōminulus]]

+ * [[prōminēns]]

+ * [[prōminenter]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ēmineō]]

+ * [[immineō]]

+ * [[prōmunturium]]

+ * [[en|prominent]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}